CVE-2011-1526

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-1526
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-07-11 20:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptionftpd.c in the GSS-API FTP daemon in MIT Kerberos Version 5 Applications (aka krb5-appl) 1.0.1 and earlier does not check the krb5_setegid return value, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended group access restrictions, and create, overwrite, delete, or read files, via standard FTP commands, related to missing autoconf tests in a configure script.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-269 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 5.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 14 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 15 All All All
Application Mit Krb5-appl All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 11.3 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 11.4 All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 sp4 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10 sp2 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10 sp4 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 10 sp4 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 sp1 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2012:0051-1: important: krb5-appl: Fixed af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2012:0019-1: important: krb5-appl: Fixed af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
MIT Kerberos krb5-appl FTP Daemon EGID Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:0042-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2011:117 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 14 Update: krb5-appl-1.0.1-4.fc14 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2283-1 krb5-appl af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
FTP daemon fails to set effective group ID - CXSecurity.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA48101 - Red Hat update for krb5 - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
711419 – (CVE-2011-1526) CVE-2011-1526 krb5, krb5-appl: ftpd incorrect group privilege dropping (MITKRB5-SA-2011-005) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat update for krb5-appl - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:0010-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2011:1169-1: important: krb5: fixed kdc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:0050-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Kerberos Applications GSS-API FTP Daemon Effective Group ID Privileges Security Issue - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
www.osvdb.org/73617 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org Broken Link
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:0018-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 15 Update: krb5-appl-1.0.1-7.fc15 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2011-005.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 web.mit.edu Patch, Vendor Advisory
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